My instructor had me doing left and right turns for about my first three flights.... There were a couple of loops in there too....but lots of flyin around. He told me as we were going though, and I noticed, that he ws watching me more when he gave the instruction than my plane. As we went on we were coming lower and lower. He offering me to come down when I was comfortable. He was merely making sure that should I get into trouble that when he have a verbal command that I would follow his instruction instinctively. Kinda bad to be in trouble low, hear left and turn right because you may have gotten disoriented.

I got my wings after only about a month and a half of instruction and very rarely bobble a correction because of all the practice I had lining up on the landing pattern. Once you get free you'll appreciate the repitition and the practice and you'll find your legs shake a lot less near the ground